Tim Urban survives yet another week as 'Idol' trims to 10

Paige Miles was unable to survive a shaky performance Tuesday night and is cut in the Top 11.

Last week, Tim Urban reggaed up the Rolling Stones classic "Under My Thumb." It was ridiculous and it appeared certain he was doomed to extinction. But he survived the elimination. This week, after his truly outrageous performance of Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" complete with an idiotic stage slide, most Idol viewers figured he'd be cut in the Top 11. But they were wrong.

Once again, Tim defied all logic and survived. In doing so, he ensured himself a spot on the "American Idols Live" summer tour and along with that, a share of the tour's lucrative performance fees. Good job for a guy who wasn't supposed to be in the Top 24 in the first place!

Tim didn't escape completely unscathed. He ended up in the bottom three with Katie Stevens and Paige Miles, who may have finally clobbered "Against All Odds" onto the list of songs no Idol will ever sing again. In fact, Tim and Paige were the bottom two, receiving the lowest number of votes of the Top 11. But it was Paige who saw her Idol journey end abruptly after Simon let her know they had already decided they weren't going to save her before she even had a chance to try and woo them with song.

Not only would they not let her sing for her survival, Simon couldn't resist taking one more shot at this plucky little gal who had been struggling with laryngitis. "It's the end," he said. "Take yourself back to where we first saw you because you genuinely had a good voice."

How did this happen? Did the support and frantic votes from members of Vote for the Worst really save Tim Urban? While there's no way of knowing, it makes sense that any substantial bloc of votes can make the difference. Paige's horrendous performance didn't help her cause at all, that's for sure, and the extra push from VFTW may well have given him the edge.

The results show featured a performance by Miley Cyrus and a duet with Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato, all in keeping with what was supposed to have been the week's theme - Teen Idols. Enough said about that. Next week Usher will serve as guest mentor and the them will be R&B soul.

For a complete play-b7-play, check out my live blog of the results show.